不便
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]| not; no | advantageous; cheap; ordinary advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (不便) |
不 | 便 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bat1 bin6
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: bùbiàn [Phonetic: búbiàn]
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùbiàn
- Wade–Giles: pu4-pien4
- Yale: bù-byàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bubiann
- Palladius: бубянь (bubjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- Homophones:
不便
不變 / 不变
不辨
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 bin6
- Yale: bāt bihn
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 bin6
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 bin6
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ piːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Adjective
[edit]不便
- inconvenient; having difficulty
Verb
[edit]不便
- to be unsuitable or inappropriate (to do something)
- to be short of cash
Japanese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 不 | 便 |
| ふ Grade: 4 |
べん Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]不便 • (fuben) -na (adnominal 不便な (fuben na), adverbial 不便に (fuben ni))
Inflection
[edit]| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 不便だろ | ふべんだろ | fuben daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 不便で | ふべんで | fuben de |
| Terminal (終止形) | 不便だ | ふべんだ | fuben da |
| Attributive (連体形) | 不便な | ふべんな | fuben na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 不便なら | ふべんなら | fuben nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | 不便であれ | ふべんであれ | fuben de are |
| Key constructions | |||
| Informal negative | 不便ではない 不便じゃない |
ふべんではない ふべんじゃない |
fuben de wa nai fuben ja nai |
| Informal past | 不便だった | ふべんだった | fuben datta |
| Informal negative past | 不便ではなかった 不便じゃなかった |
ふべんではなかった ふべんじゃなかった |
fuben de wa nakatta fuben ja nakatta |
| Formal | 不便です | ふべんです | fuben desu |
| Formal negative | 不便ではありません 不便じゃありません |
ふべんではありません ふべんじゃありません |
fuben de wa arimasen fuben ja arimasen |
| Formal past | 不便でした | ふべんでした | fuben deshita |
| Formal negative past | 不便ではありませんでした 不便じゃありませんでした |
ふべんではありませんでした ふべんじゃありませんでした |
fuben de wa arimasen deshita fuben ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | 不便で | ふべんで | fuben de |
| Conditional | 不便なら(ば) | ふべんなら(ば) | fuben nara (ba) |
| Provisional | 不便だったら | ふべんだったら | fuben dattara |
| Volitional | 不便だろう | ふべんだろう | fuben darō |
| Adverbial | 不便に | ふべんに | fuben ni |
| Degree | 不便さ | ふべんさ | fubensa |
Noun
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]- 便利 (benri, “convenience”)
- 便宜 (bengi, “convenience”)
Etymology 2
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 不 | 便 |
| ふ Grade: 4 |
びん Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi | |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 不便 – see the following entry. | ||
| ||
| (This term, 不便, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
References
[edit]- “不便”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Korean
[edit]| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 不 | 便 |
Noun
[edit]- hanja form? of 불편 (“inconvenience”)
Vietnamese
[edit]| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 不 | 便 |
Adjective
[edit]不便
- chữ Hán form of bất tiện (“inconvenient”)
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